Vidarbha

Khelo India Centre to come up at Ballarpur Sports Complex

 The Khelo India Centre aka special area games centre is going to be started soon at the newly built Sports Complex in Ballarpur tehsil. Following the pursuance of the issue by former Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare Kiren Rijiju has assured to dedicate the games centre to the service of sportsmen. MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar was pursuing the matter with the Union Sports Ministry for quite some time. He talked to the Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju ..

Hockey fraternity shocked with untimely death of Kanojiya

 HOCKEY fraternity of the region is shocked with the untimely death of Dharamraj Kanojiya, a former national level umpire of Vidarbha Hockey Association. Kanojiya, a resident of Sadar and former employee of MECL, passed away on Wednesday due to COVID-19 at the age of 66. “Dharamraj was admitted to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (Mayo) and Hospital last week. But he could not recover,” his brother-in-law Sunil Kanojiya told ‘The Hitavada’. The last rites were ..

NCI & DMIMS signs MoU for academic exchange

 National Cancer Institute, Nagpur and Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DMIMS), Nagpur have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday here in the city. Dr Rajiv Borle, Vice Chancellor, DMIMS (DU), Dr Dilip Gode, Dean and Dr Babaji Ghewade, Registrar from DMIMS (DU) were present on the occasion. On behalf of NCI, the event was graced by the presence of Shailesh Joglekar, General Secretary & CEO, Dr Anand Pathak, Medical Director, Anand Aurangabadkar, Treasurer and HoDs ..

NMC planning door-to-door surveillance for effective management of COVID-19

 Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is preparing a scheme to work with volunteers from Non Government Organisation (NGOs) as it prepares for another round of door-to-door surveillance for more effective management of COVID-19 in city. As suggested by Mayor Sandip Joshi, civic administration is drafting modalities for role of volunteers in a bid to convince people who normally tend to hide information from civic teams. Dr Yogendra Savai, Health Officer, NMC, said administration this time would ..

Mayor irked by civic body fiat to traders on mandatory COVID-19 tests

 Mayor Sandip Joshi expressed surprise at fiat issued by civic body directing traders to test employees of their establishments for COVID-19 or threatened to shut shops after August 19. City traders were taken by surprise on receipt of notices from Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) directing them that every person working at their establishments must have COVID-19 negative test report. Notices issued to traders said the cost of testing be borne by them and granted them just a week’s time. ..